Chlorine water dries out the skin. Thatโs way you are getting rashes and your skin is always hitching.
Do this:
- Buy a filter for your shower. It will filter the water without dry your skin.
- Use gentle cleansers: avoid anything that contains Sodium Lauryl Sulfate! Use creams or oils to wash your skin. For the face, I use the Facetheory Vitamin C Cream Cleanser C1, for the body I usually pick some kind of washing oil. Also Dove produces some body washes without SLS.
- To repair your skin barrier, use heavy creams: try to use products that contain ceramides and Hyaluronic acid, and apply them on damp skin. I would recommend the La Roche Posay Cicaplast (it was heaven for my skin), and for the body choose a rich body butter.
- Another step is to apply calendula oil (it is incredibly soothing) on top of the cream to seal the products.
- IMPORTANT: avoid
essentials oils
SLS
AHA,BHA, PHAs
Retinols
Denaturated Alcohol
and try to choose unscented products
(your skin now is very sensitive, avoid anything that may irritate it)